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thanks Leebo, here are some test results for you... 2:20 PM, Tuesday FC - 1 CC - 8 pH - 7.4 I backwashed the sand filter and added two large jugs of bleach, 364 oz total. Is there a certain pressure I should be backwashing at? and here's the obligatory skimmer photo with the baqua goo. Do...

Here we go...the play by play starts... Got as many leaves as I could out of the pool this morning and then tested my levels: 1:30 PM FC - 0 CC - 0 TC - 0 pH - 7.2 and then I did this... starting to spread no turning back view from the second floor closer now you all posted pics...

Just read through your conversion Radefeld, great documentation and your pool is looking great. Between you and Leebo I've got the confidence to start tomorrow! I chuckled when i saw your pic and comments about getting all that bleach. My wife and I had a similar experience at BJ's yesterday...

Thanks so much for the advance show of support! Pool should be full, filter running, and leaves gone tomorrow (Monday) and I will be having a bleach party on Tuesday. I'm also off work this week so I will be able to add bleach regularly...and update pics regularly once I get going cause I know...

Re: Baqua - Chlorine Conversion in April (In Progress - Pics Hi All, Unfortunately I got a slower start than I originally anticipated, but am very close to starting the conversion. I took off the cover today, water was low from when I closed it so I've been adding water all day and will start...

Thanks for the advice, I may just do that. This is my first full year doing pool maintenance so I wasn't sure if opening it too early would cause any issues. We might still have a couple of nights that get below freezing so I didn't want to risk harming the (now dry) intakes. But you are...

Thanks Leebo, btw your baqua-to-chlorine post was the catalyst for me to start this project. It's one thing to look at the instructions on how to do the conversion and another entirely to actually see the process taking place. Makes it easier to take the first step. Much appreciated.

Hi TFP Friends, Well, I will soon be undertaking the Baqua to Chlorine challenge like many have before on this site. Just bought the TFT100 test kit and am itching to start. We bought our house last August and went through a bunch of expensive baqua chemicals and still had white mold. I will...

Thanks for the responses. I think I am leaning towards bringing out a PB, just wanted to check with the forum first to hear some thoughts. I want to limit costs as much as possible, and had a feeling that I would be starting a snowball project and since I am so new to the pool world I wasn't...

I believe it is aluminum, would that make sense for the 60's? Thanks for the compliment about the deck, mod, my wife loves it too. I am too picky and don't like how the flagstone is uneven...but realize lots of people like this style.

Thanks for the thread, I'll read through it tonight. To answer your question, I don't believe the water level is above the pool deck although it looks close in the pics I posted. Pool is closed for the winter now and water is low, but I can uncover a corner and take some close-up pics to post...

Thanks, much appreciated. Can someone help me with the "how it works" of pool coping? Let's say I wanted to modernize just the coping. Would it be as simple as just removing it and replacing it with a newer version...that might be more flush? Or would it include removing additional pool...

Thanks Robbie, lol sometimes I forget that there are pools that are open in February. What I find strange with mine is that it almost seems like it was designed like this because it is a similar gap all the way around the pool - although I realize the concrete may have just settled evenly...

Hi All, Long time lurker, first time poster. Just bought a house with a pool last summer and have found this site incredibly helpful, thanks for all the information. I am thinking about taking the leap this summer with a baqua-to-chlorine converstion, and I will make sure to take lots of pics...